Force on Current-Carrying Conductors
As shown in the figure, a metallic rod of linear density is lying horizontally on a smooth inclined plane which makes an angle of with the horizontal. The minimum current flowing in the rod required to keep it stationary, when magnetic field is acting on it in the vertical upward direction, will be:
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Answer: (a)
- Vertical gives a horizontal force on the rod.
- Along the smooth incline:
- So the answer is (a) 30 A.